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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know if this is entitlement so much as moody rude teen lashing out. That doesn't make it ok but I would want to know what his patterns are before deciding on tackling entitled ungrateful attitudes or controlling behavior and mood swings[/quote]

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Is he learning an adolescent ‘tude from his friends? I’m not even sure he understands quite how rude his comment was, bc as others have mentioned, he doesn’t understand what an amazing gift your FIL is providing; just superficially bummed that other friends got this, that, and the other current teen must-haves in big shiny boxes under the tree.
Not at all saying the behavior is excusable or that there shouldn’t be consequences—just that like PP above, I agree you need to pinpoint the issue and address that. For example instead of taking away gaming equipment because he “is entitled” or “doesn’t understand the value of a dollar”, which to non-income-earning adolescents just sound like really abstract insults, I think you should make him earn any money he wants for any purchases in the near future, and make him sign up to volunteer in the community as well (so he spends that time without the gaming console doing something selfless, instead of simply diverting to his phone or other device). He may not understand money yet, but he will understand the currency of time.[/quote]

The gaming can be part of the problem. I’ve seen this behavior in gaming addicts. [/quote]

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